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School describes its use. After a, use the singular bus, not buses.","A city bus stops outside our hotel.",[19],{"id":20,"blankNumber":21,"options":22},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-73db-b3a4-074b6767b83d",1,[23,27,31],{"id":24,"optionText":25,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-72e3-b3a4-074b666002be","bus school",false,{"id":28,"optionText":29,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-732b-b3a4-074b67348b3e","school bus",true,{"id":32,"optionText":33,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-73a7-b3a4-074b673ed060","school buses",2,{"id":36,"sentenceTemplate":37,"displayOrder":21,"explanation":38,"exampleSentence":39,"blanks":40},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7533-b3a4-074b6ac3305a","In the compound noun blackboard, black is __1__.","Black describes a colour, so it is an adjective here. Board is the main noun. A compound noun does not always start with a noun.","There are two blackboards in the classroom.",[41],{"id":42,"blankNumber":21,"options":43},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-74fb-b3a4-074b6a133609",[44,47,50],{"id":45,"optionText":46,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7493-b3a4-074b68b1d26a","a noun describing board",{"id":48,"optionText":49,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-74bb-b3a4-074b692f0f80","the main noun",{"id":51,"optionText":52,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-74db-b3a4-074b69cb39c0","an adjective describing board",{"id":54,"sentenceTemplate":55,"displayOrder":34,"explanation":56,"exampleSentence":57,"blanks":58},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-760f-b3a4-074b6d570985","These cups are empty. They are designed for serving coffee, so we call them __1__.","Coffee cups names the type of cup, even when empty. Cups of coffee would describe cups containing coffee, which the first sentence excludes. The modifier coffee stays singular.","He ordered a cup of coffee with his sandwich.",[59],{"id":60,"blankNumber":21,"options":61},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-75db-b3a4-074b6ccdc039",[62,65,68],{"id":63,"optionText":64,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7577-b3a4-074b6b64a655","coffee cups",{"id":66,"optionText":67,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-759b-b3a4-074b6be3850f","cups of coffee",{"id":69,"optionText":70,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-75bb-b3a4-074b6c7d3380","coffees cups",{"id":72,"sentenceTemplate":73,"displayOrder":74,"explanation":75,"exampleSentence":76,"blanks":77},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-76ff-b3a4-074b701575db","This shop sells shoes for children. It is a __1__.",3,"Shoe is a singular noun modifier even though the shop sells many shoes. The article a also requires the singular main noun shop.","We bought a map in a book shop.",[78],{"id":79,"blankNumber":21,"options":80},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-76b3-b3a4-074b6f55b069",[81,84,87],{"id":82,"optionText":83,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7653-b3a4-074b6e36b896","shoes shop",{"id":85,"optionText":86,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7677-b3a4-074b6e41445a","shoe shops",{"id":88,"optionText":89,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7697-b3a4-074b6ea6f21e","shoe shop",{"id":91,"sentenceTemplate":92,"displayOrder":93,"explanation":94,"exampleSentence":95,"blanks":96},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-77db-b3a4-074b71c3acb6","The map shows three __1__ along this road where passengers can wait for a bus.",4,"Three requires a plural main noun: stops. The describing noun bus stays singular; making buses plural instead puts the plural on the wrong noun.","Both kitchen tables need cleaning.",[97],{"id":98,"blankNumber":21,"options":99},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-77a3-b3a4-074b7172a5e1",[100,103,106],{"id":101,"optionText":102,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7743-b3a4-074b70b63624","buses stop",{"id":104,"optionText":105,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7767-b3a4-074b70bf2067","bus stops",{"id":107,"optionText":108,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7787-b3a4-074b714d032a","bus stop",{"id":110,"sentenceTemplate":111,"displayOrder":112,"explanation":113,"exampleSentence":114,"blanks":115},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-78b3-b3a4-074b73de1229","For our family trip, I packed four __1__, one for each person to clean their teeth.",5,"Four requires toothbrushes. The main part brush takes -es, while tooth stays singular inside the compound.","There is a new toothbrush beside the sink.",[116],{"id":117,"blankNumber":21,"options":118},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-787b-b3a4-074b73cadc5a",[119,122,125],{"id":120,"optionText":121,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-781f-b3a4-074b72bdfedc","toothbrushes",{"id":123,"optionText":124,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-783f-b3a4-074b73560147","teethbrushes",{"id":126,"optionText":127,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-785f-b3a4-074b73abecb6","toothbrush",{"id":129,"sentenceTemplate":130,"displayOrder":131,"explanation":132,"exampleSentence":133,"blanks":134},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-798b-b3a4-074b7597c593","Two local __1__ who own small companies are speaking at our school today.",6,"Two requires a plural. In businesswoman, the main noun woman keeps its irregular plural women, giving businesswomen, not businesswomans.","My aunt is a successful businesswoman.",[135],{"id":136,"blankNumber":21,"options":137},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7957-b3a4-074b7568f092",[138,141,144],{"id":139,"optionText":140,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-78f7-b3a4-074b73fa4453","businesswomans",{"id":142,"optionText":143,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-791b-b3a4-074b74c36de0","businesswoman",{"id":145,"optionText":146,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-793b-b3a4-074b74d5655b","businesswomen",{"id":148,"sentenceTemplate":149,"displayOrder":150,"explanation":151,"exampleSentence":152,"blanks":153},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7a5f-b3a4-074b7742dd47","We swim and play tennis at the new __1__ near our house.",7,"The standard expression taught here is sports centre, with plural sports as an exception to the usual singular-modifier pattern. The sentence refers to one new centre.","Our town has two sports centres.",[154],{"id":155,"blankNumber":21,"options":156},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7a2b-b3a4-074b76c27585",[157,160,163],{"id":158,"optionText":159,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-79cf-b3a4-074b75bd3535","sport centre",{"id":161,"optionText":162,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-79ef-b3a4-074b760458d0","sports centre",{"id":164,"optionText":165,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7a0f-b3a4-074b760bdd27","sports centres",{"id":167,"sentenceTemplate":168,"displayOrder":169,"explanation":170,"exampleSentence":171,"blanks":172},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7b3f-b3a4-074b79afa806","I bought this jacket at a __1__ in town.",8,"Clothes shop is a fixed expression with plural clothes as its first word. Clothe is not its singular noun form. After a, the main noun must be shop, not shops.","The clothes shop opposite the bank closes early.",[173],{"id":174,"blankNumber":21,"options":175},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7b0b-b3a4-074b795b799a",[176,179,182],{"id":177,"optionText":178,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7aab-b3a4-074b783182e3","clothes shop",{"id":180,"optionText":181,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7acf-b3a4-074b791ef4b5","clothe shop",{"id":183,"optionText":184,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7aeb-b3a4-074b7941c4a0","clothes shops",{"id":186,"sentenceTemplate":187,"displayOrder":188,"explanation":189,"exampleSentence":190,"blanks":191},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7c17-b3a4-074b7cc037e0","The room where I sleep is my __1__.",9,"The compound noun for a room used for sleeping is written as one word: bedroom. Compound spelling must be learnt or checked in a dictionary.","Their flat has three bedrooms and a small kitchen.",[192],{"id":193,"blankNumber":21,"options":194},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7be3-b3a4-074b7ca85b6f",[195,198,201],{"id":196,"optionText":197,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7b83-b3a4-074b7a23f330","bed-room",{"id":199,"optionText":200,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7ba3-b3a4-074b7af5b91d","bed room",{"id":202,"optionText":203,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7bc3-b3a4-074b7bd1fce0","bedroom",{"id":205,"sentenceTemplate":206,"displayOrder":207,"explanation":208,"exampleSentence":209,"blanks":210},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7ceb-b3a4-074b8007c2dd","Choose the correctly spelt noun: At the airport, __1__ for our flight starts at seven.",10,"The noun naming this airport process is check-in, with a hyphen. Check in is the two-word verb, not the noun needed before starts.","We arrived an hour before check-in.",[211],{"id":212,"blankNumber":21,"options":213},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7cb7-b3a4-074b7f86e380",[214,217,220],{"id":215,"optionText":216,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7c57-b3a4-074b7da5a7b8","check in",{"id":218,"optionText":219,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7c77-b3a4-074b7e7be255","check-in",{"id":221,"optionText":222,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7c97-b3a4-074b7f305b9f","checkin",{"id":224,"sentenceTemplate":225,"displayOrder":226,"explanation":227,"exampleSentence":228,"blanks":229},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7e0b-b3a4-074b827ab8d6","My two brothers are married. Their wives are my __1__.",11,"There are two wives, so a plural is needed. Sister is the main noun in sister-in-law; make that part plural, not law.","One of her sisters-in-law works at the library.",[230],{"id":231,"blankNumber":21,"options":232},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7dd3-b3a4-074b81c77bca",[233,236,239],{"id":234,"optionText":235,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7d67-b3a4-074b806cdfff","sisters-in-law",{"id":237,"optionText":238,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7d93-b3a4-074b80e6556c","sister-in-laws",{"id":240,"optionText":241,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7db3-b3a4-074b814da7cc","sister-in-law",{"id":243,"sentenceTemplate":244,"displayOrder":245,"explanation":246,"exampleSentence":247,"blanks":248},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7ef7-b3a4-074b85bc476b","The lesson lasts forty minutes. It is a __1__ lesson.",12,"Before lesson, the number and unit form a modifier. Keep minute singular and join it to forty with a hyphen.","We took a ten-minute break after lunch.",[249],{"id":250,"blankNumber":21,"options":251},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7ebb-b3a4-074b84ca32a9",[252,255,258],{"id":253,"optionText":254,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7e4f-b3a4-074b82fee07d","forty-minutes",{"id":256,"optionText":257,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7e7f-b3a4-074b83d37012","forty minute",{"id":259,"optionText":260,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7e9f-b3a4-074b84970f5b","forty-minute",{"id":262,"sentenceTemplate":263,"displayOrder":264,"explanation":265,"exampleSentence":266,"blanks":267},"01a0e1ab-d7cc-7025-ab32-807627395f2f","It is a four-week course. In other words, the course lasts __1__.",13,"After lasts, the duration is not a modifier before another noun. Use the ordinary plural four weeks, without a hyphen.","The walk takes two hours.",[268],{"id":269,"blankNumber":21,"options":270},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7f93-b3a4-074b87e1dfbf",[271,274,277],{"id":272,"optionText":273,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7f37-b3a4-074b8646eaf5","four-week",{"id":275,"optionText":276,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7f5b-b3a4-074b865200f1","four weeks",{"id":278,"optionText":279,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cb-7f77-b3a4-074b872b3f30","four week",{"id":281,"sentenceTemplate":282,"displayOrder":283,"explanation":284,"exampleSentence":285,"blanks":286},"01a0e1ab-d7cc-7105-ab32-807628b42cda","My daughter is six years old. She is a __1__ child.",14,"Before child, the whole age expression is a modifier. Use singular year and hyphens between all three parts: six-year-old.","An eight-year-old boy won the drawing prize.",[287],{"id":288,"blankNumber":21,"options":289},"01a0e1ab-d7cc-70d1-ab32-807628ad8ed3",[290,293,296],{"id":291,"optionText":292,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-d7cc-7071-ab32-807627bef071","six-year-old",{"id":294,"optionText":295,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-d7cc-7095-ab32-8076281aaccb","six-years-old",{"id":297,"optionText":298,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-d7cc-70b5-ab32-807628610990","six year old","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_1a27d676-21f3-4a3b-8251-b6751888add5_hero.webp?v=1790492530",{"title":301,"slug":302,"language":303,"level":304},"Compound Nouns and Noun Modifiers","compound-nouns-and-noun-modifiers","en","A2"]